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flipped the bird

flipped the bird is the simple past and past participle of flip the bird.

Meaning of flip the bird

Verb

flip the bird (third-person singular simple present flips the bird, present participle flipping the bird, simple past and past participle flipped the bird)

  1. (ambitransitive, colloquial, idiomatic) To make a rude or obscene gesture (at somebody); particularly, to extend the middle finger.
    • I accidentally bumped into him, and he flipped me the bird.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flip, bird.

Questions about flipped the bird

What is flipped the bird the simple past and past participle of?
Flipped the bird is the simple past and past participle of flip the bird.

Words near flipped the bird in the dictionary

  1. flipped one's shit
  2. flipped one's wig
  3. flipped out
  4. flipped over
  5. flipped shit
  6. flipped the bird
  7. flipped the lid
  8. flipped the script
  9. flipped through
  10. Flippen
  11. flippening

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